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George Edwin Thorpe and Geraldine Audrey Banks married on 30 October 1947 at Kentville, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005651

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475651

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings

  City, Town or Village Kentville

  Street or Road Baptist Parsonage 517 Main St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Thorpe, George Edwin

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chauffeur   4. Kind of industry or business Acadia University

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 39   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Scott’s Bay Rd., Kings County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Henry Thorpe

13. Maiden name of mother Lavinia Bennett

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Banks, Geraldine Audrey

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Laundry Maid   17. Kind of industry or business Acadia University

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 38   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Centreville, Digby County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Frederick L.  Banks

26. Maiden name of mother Bessie Viola Morehouse

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89569


32. Signature of

Groom George Edwin Thorpe

Bride   Geraldine Audrey Banks

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Arthur Murphy

Address   Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Name Alice Murphy

Address   Wolfville, Nova Scotia

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman Freeman Fenerly

Address 517 Main St., Kentville, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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